%0 Journal Article
%T Unique Mechanism of Chance Fracture in a Young Adult Male
%A Aaron Birch
%A Ryan Walsh
%A Diane Devita
%J Western Journal of Emergency Medicine : Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
%D 2013
%I UC Irvine Health School of Medicine.
%X Since the first description of the Chance fracture in 1948, there have been few case reports ofunique mechanisms causing this classical flexion-extension injury to the spine in motor vehicleaccidents, sports injury, and falls. To our knowledge, this injury has not been reported from a fall withthe mechanistic forces acting laterally on the spine and with spinal support in place. We present a21-year-old male who slid down a flight of stairs onto his side wearing a heavy mountaineering stylebackpack, subsequently sustaining a Chance fracture of his first lumbar vertebrae.
%K emergency medicine
%K emergency department
%K trauma
%K injury prevention
%K orthopedic
%U http://escholarship.org/uc/item/47g976c6